View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Gust

DECEMBER 13, 2011

I’ve recently taken a look at seed stage funding by venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors over the past five years. For VCs, I chose to look at all seed stage VC deals (from MoneyTree©) as well as those in five of the most active regions in the country. All Seed-VC. New England. New England.

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Seed Stage Southern California San Diego Silicon Valley 162

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you’re really bold, join an early-stage company (seed stage, Series A), but have conviction about the team. Boards : The term “board” can mean two very different things in the commercial world – an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. Both are possible on the outside. Know your appetite for risk.

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Government Advisory Board Salary Sales Cycle 212

View from Seed

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have multiple individual angel investors involved. First and foremost, angels can provide capital.

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Angel Investor Boston Seed Stage Syndicate 332

View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. The post How a Seed-Stage Startup Should Think About Brand: A Conversation With Jesse Derris appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Seed Stage Conversion Startup PR 120

David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

By developing innovative technologies and taking a new approach, we believe that we can find alignment across various institutional and individual stakeholders with the means to leverage their networks and effectively push for progress. I’m a VC in New York with 8 years of experience; more about me here. Q: Who’s on the team?

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America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

That’s when I began to think of New York. After confirming it in prayer, I was off to New York City. New York City Not long after arriving in NY, I threw myself into learning about as much as I can about startups and how it all works. or give you this experience?—?in in one undertaking! We did that.

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Delaware SEC New York City New York 62

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Today, we’re excited to launch the State of NYC Seed — a comprehensive report on the ecosystem, authored by our own Tim Devane. Since joining NextView, we’ve talked often and excitedly about the New York startup ecosystem. The State of NYC Seed: We recommend viewing in full screen mode. in round size).

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Seed Stage New York New York City Startup 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At the seed stage and as companies scale, helping the founders I work with identify and reach their goals, personally and professionally, gives me energy and purpose. I’m energized to anchor NextView’s physical presence on the West Coast and frequently return to New York and the East Coast (a place I called home for many years).

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North America San Francisco Cap Table Cofounder 156

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

Rob Go

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Our seed stage board deck templates , Hitchhiker’s Guides to the tech communities in Boston and New York , and our startup job guide are some of our most well received projects, and you can check them all out here. There is obviously a lot that goes into building an early stage company.

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Seed Stage Boston Early Stage Portfolio 28

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. This is just the next phase of AngelList’s evolution into a one-stop shop for seed-stage companies and their backers. New York City. New York City.

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SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

ShelfLife: New York, New York. New & improved: more money, le$$ problem$. Pre-seed & seed-stage startup teams who could benefit from capital and engaged, hands-on mentorship from the NextView partnership & extended advisor network. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Who you are.

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San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

SiliconHills

JANUARY 8, 2020

Billie, founded in 2017 in New York, is a portfolio company of Austin-based Silverton Partners. That same year, Silverton Partners led a $6 million seed-stage investment for the company with […]. Billie, a startup that makes shaving products for women, just got acquired by P&G.

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Seed Stage Product New York Startup 53

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Unless you are in the Bay Area, and to a lesser degree New York, your company is at an initial disadvantage in terms of awareness and mass market credibility. Some thoughts: First realize that this is not just a fundraising issue, it’s a credibility issue that has a much broader impact on your business.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

Investors from the coasts may say they’ll invest locally, but if all the preliminary meetings are in New York or in Palo Alto, pay attention, even if no one has suggested you pack. Wayne Embree is an experienced seed-stage investor with a 30-year track record of fueling startup growth through venture capital.

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Seed Stage Due Diligence Cofounder New York 114

View from Seed

APRIL 28, 2015

Below, we’ve updated that graphic with new information in order to stay current and provide more context and transparency around each node. Along those lines, we’ve created the below flowchart as an update of my original. As with that version, this is the internal dialog I tend to have with myself when evaluating companies.

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Seed Stage Boston Early Stage New York 120

Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

According to all of the blogosphere chatter over the past month, seed-funded internet startups are entering this year gearing up for the now-near-infamous Series A Crunch. Then not every newspaper needed to be as large as the New York Times or required the capital to do so.

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Seed Stage Venture Capital Audience New York 166

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

New York City is a tremendous place to be an entrepreneur. New York, it was an adult portion. My colleague Rob recently wrote about sprinting at the brick wall as a strong pace and at times necessary strategy for a startup at founding or seed stage. It was an adult dose.

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New York City New York Entrepreneur Seed Stage 120

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

New York City is a tremendous place to be an entrepreneur. New York, it was an adult portion. My colleague Rob recently wrote about sprinting at the brick wall as a strong pace and at times necessary strategy for a startup at founding or seed stage. It was an adult dose.

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New York City New York Entrepreneur Seed Stage 120

VC Adventure

AUGUST 22, 2012

Keep in mind that I’m talking about Seed and Series A stage businesses. - At the seed stage the modest amount of money you have raised is best spent on product and attracting initial customers than it is on paying yourself. So here goes with some guiding principals and then below that some numbers. Don’t starve.

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Seed Stage San Francisco New York Conversion 107

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. Emily Campbell, Esq.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

I’m returning to Capital on Stage this fall in New York. I like the psychology of forcing VCs to pitch to entrepreneurs, so wanted to share the results of an email interview I held with Arjen Strijker, Founder of Capital On Stage (also posted on Forbes ): Q: What was the inspiration for starting Capital on Stage?

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New York Venture Capital Hosting Seed Stage 114

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

This seed-stage fund is named 50/50 since Frank + Oak plans to grant 50 percent of the fund to female entrepreneurs and 50 percent of the fund to male entrepreneurs. And last but not least: in exit news, Julep was acquired by the newly formed Glansaol (who’s also acquiring Laura Geller and Clark’s Botanicals).

Seattle 130

Seattle Portfolio Seed Stage Canada 130

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Rose , founder of the New York Angels and Gust , have spoken out in defense of the practice, at least for smaller amounts, commenting that, aside from covering expenses, it also provides a degree of “filtering”. Consider your startup stage. He calls these a scam, and “Angel group” payola. Others , including noted Angel David S.

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Angel Groups Angel Investor Due Diligence Seed Stage 237

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Starting out we really wanted to ensure we got our offering correct – could we effectively deploy capital + sweat + reputation to work with great seed stage founders for the first 3-5 years of their company. Two LA, one San Diego, one Salt Lake City, two Boston, seven New York City. Phase 3 US and Canada (2017+).

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Silicon Valley San Diego Los Angeles Southern California 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Rose , head of the New York Angels and Angelsoft , have spoken out in defense of the practice, at least for smaller amounts, commenting that, aside from covering expenses, it also provides a degree of “filtering”. Consider your startup stage. He calls these a scam, and “angel group” payola.

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Angel Groups Entrepreneur Angel Investor Due Diligence 234

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

New York Angels. The Halo Report for the rolling median for the 12 months proceeding June 30, 2012 showed that the median pre-money valuation for Seed Stage deals as $2.7 In 2012 seven of the eight groups from California, Boston and New York were above the median of all groups. Robin Hood Ventures (Phila).

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

FounderFuel is backed by the team behind Montreal Startup and Real Ventures (a $50 million seed-stage fund). Jeffrey proclaims that "Montreal's startup scene is alive and kicking," and the proximity of the city to New York City and Boston let it tap into US-based mentors as well as the strong local entrepreneurial community.

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Programming North America New York City Silicon Valley 118

David Teten

JUNE 5, 2015

New York, NY — The Teten Family is proud to announce that we just finalized our investment in a seed-stage startup, temporarily operating under the name “NewBo” or “Peanut”. We are now looking for a dot-com domain name for our corporate website. Currently, at 6 lbs. Newbo is a lean startup.

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Due Diligence Seed Stage Startup Incubator 60

Genuine VC

JANUARY 17, 2011

” First and foremost, we are dedicated seed-stage investors focused on investments in internet-enabled startups. And given dynamics in the digital media space, we think that (especially along the Boston to New York corridor) there is a market need for a funding source like ours for early stage entrepreneurs.

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Seed Stage Boston Early Stage New York 125

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

About 20 active (at least four investments in the past year) early stage investors (angels and seed stage VCs) attended. The events continue with Open Angel Forum San Francisco on March 4th and Open Angel Forum New York City on April 8th. Six entrepreneurs presented their companies in short seven minute pitches.

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Angel Investor San Francisco New York City Colorado 110

VC Adventure

AUGUST 22, 2012

Keep in mind that I’m talking about Seed and Series A stage businesses. At the seed stage the modest amount of money you have raised is best spent on product and attracting initial customers than it is on paying yourself. So here goes with some guiding principals and then below that some numbers.

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Seed Stage San Francisco New York Conversion 49

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Geography: 18 of the 23 are in Boston or New York. We are increasingly finding that excellent founders are creating remarkable businesses everywhere, and we are first and foremost a stage and sector focused fund. The others are mainly in Silicon Valley with some exceptions.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We’re hearing more about people new to startups asking their seed stage company how many months of severance is included in their package. And a lot of big, meaningful companies have been created just in the last couple years which is nearly unprecedented. So why should I or we collectively care?

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

At the seed stage, no matter how much you know about an industry or a founder, you’re still taking a real bet. I’d moved out for Homebrew after nearly ten years in New York, and the east coast / west coast culture shock is real! In one day, you’ll have to develop a strong opinion about a dozen different industries.

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Venture Capital San Francisco Portfolio Operations 85

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. The Real Paid PAID Vacation Policy. 3 hours ago. MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Donna White. 5 hours ago. Both Sides of the Table. 3 days ago. Venture Hacks. How to make money with pro rata rights. 2 weeks ago. Steve Blank. On Vacation. 2 weeks ago. abovethecrowd.com.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31